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Best Dates For The Adventurous Couple In Minnesota

Whether you’re making a fun first impression or revamping that repetitive date night, dating in Minnesota should be adventurous and exciting. While there’s nothing wrong with a nice dinner date or a movie and live music in a local pub, breaking out of the mold is a great way to impress your significant other. Minnesota’s most exciting date options run the gamut, from skydiving to segways. If these don’t excite you, there are always ballroom dance classes.

If you’re looking to get physically closer to your date, there’s no better way to subtly press the issue than with a motorcycle built for two. Explore outstate Minnesota, cruise the lakes, or ooo and aah at the mansions on Summit Avenue in St. Paul. Hitching Post rents a large variety of motorcycles including the Honda Rebel, Yamaha 950 Touring and the Harley Davidson Road King. Renters and operators must be at least 21 years of age with a valid driver’s license including a motorcycle endorsement.

Snag a few exhausting hours of wall climbing, available at a very reasonable cost in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth. Perfect for outdoorsy folks trapped inside on a a rainy day or in the evening, or an early morning followed by a ravenous breakfast. Vertical Endeavors makes wall climbing an experience you are not likely to forget anytime soon. The Minneapolis location sports a 25,000-square-foot climbable surface, 60-foot high walls, three bouldering areas, plus lessons for novice and experienced climbers.

One of the best tests of a relationship is if it survives a shared canoe trip, so try one down Cannon River. You’ll both probably want to be reasonably fit for this, but you don’t have to be an athlete to handle the oars. Choose a shorter, two-and-a-half-hour outing, or a full-day one that takes up to seven hours. Transportation back to your starting point is provided as part of the package.

Take a tour a downtown Minneapolis, downtown St. Paul, or the Minneapolis Sculpture garden via your very own Segway motorized two-wheeler. After getting some much-needed instruction, you’ll quickly zip your way to spots you’d never thought to explore before. Glide along to sites including F. Scott Fitzgerald’s house, St. Paul Cathedral, the James J. Hill house and St. Paul’s old gangster hangouts. If the city’s magical history just isn’t enough, hop on a ghost tour or a run through the sculpture garden.

Here’s your chance to show what you’re made of, as you and your date drive less than hour for the experience of a lifetime. Nothing says you’re special more than throwing your date out of a plane on a leap of faith from an aircraft 13,000 feet above Wisconsin’s beautiful landscape. While you’ll be separated during the jump because you’ll each have a professional skydiver along for the ride, you’ll reunite on planet earth with memories that’ll last a lifetime. Each jump includes 10 minutes of pre-jump instruction and a 60-second free-fall skydive from 13,000 feet.

New York City native Marc Friedman has called the Twin Cities home for nearly 30 years. His urban upbringing has him constantly exploring Minneapolis and St. Paul for locally owned dining spots and neighborhood shops. Marc’s passions include travel, an industry which he has worked in his entire career, indie movies, a strong cup of tea with milk (his Mom is from England), dark chocolate, red wine and the Daily Show. His work can be found at Examiner.com.